The Country's First Fire Chief: "Some People Find It Hard to Accept that a Woman Is Explaining Things"

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Erika Laurinėnienė never dreamed of becoming a service chief. After graduating from ecology studies, she was looking for a job in her specialty, and, as she says, she ended up at the Šalčininkai Fire and Rescue Service almost by accident. Ten years later, she is leading a team of forty people. However, she does not talk about her path as a personal success - she much more often mentions the people who supported her and encouraged her to believe …